Unit Test Answers

What factor ended the Mongol rule of Russia?

By 900 CE, Kiev controlled the large area between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, which made Kiev

Look at the picture of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Russia, built in the 1500s.

The keys to the success of the Mongolian military in the 1200s included

What enabled the Mongols to invade Kiev?

Which explains why sultan Suleiman I of the Ottoman Empire was called “Suleiman the Magnificent?”

How did the Mongolian conquest of Persia affect that region’s culture?

Read the quotation from Al Omari, an Egyptian historian.This man [Mansa Musa] spread upon Cairo the flood of his generosity: there was no person, officer of the court, or holder of any office of the Sultanate who did not receive a sum of gold from him. The people of Cairo earned incalculable sums from him, whether by buying and selling or by gifts. So much gold was current in Cairo that it ruined the value of the money . . . –Al Omari, Egyptian historian, 1336

After conquering China, the Mongols created the

Besides isolationism, what is another reason why Imperial China limited trade?

The Ottoman Empire grew and expanded after it conquered the

Government positions under Hongwu were filled by

Which feature of Timbuktu helped make it a center of intellectual advances and culture?

The Golden Horde was a Mongolian state that ruled

A significant achievement by the Ming dynasty was that it restored order to the country by reinstating